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*The [[wp:Venus_flytrap_sea_anemone|venus flytrap sea anemone]] is a deep-sea version of the venus flytrap. | *The [[wp:Venus_flytrap_sea_anemone|venus flytrap sea anemone]] is a deep-sea version of the venus flytrap. | ||
*The [https://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-notothenioids/ nototheniod] fishes evolved the ability to endure freezing temperatures | *The [https://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-notothenioids/ nototheniod] fishes evolved the ability to endure freezing temperatures — hmm! | ||
*The [https://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-scaly-foot-snail/ scaly-foot snail] uses bacteria to build iron armor! | *The [https://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-scaly-foot-snail/ scaly-foot snail] uses bacteria to build iron armor! | ||
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151016183649/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319493 Interspecies play] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC3AkGSigrA video]), [https://www.treehugger.com/rare-interspecies-play-observed-between-dolphins-and-whales-4857038 2nd article]. This is a first-time observation; can animals that play together work together? Also, see [https://archive.is/t7QO this remarkable story] of a dolphin helping beached whales. | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20151016183649/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319493 Interspecies play] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC3AkGSigrA video]), [https://www.treehugger.com/rare-interspecies-play-observed-between-dolphins-and-whales-4857038 2nd article]. This is a first-time observation; can animals that play together work together? Also, see [https://archive.is/t7QO this remarkable story] of a dolphin helping beached whales. | ||
*"One thing that remains is our language. But amazingly complex behaviours | *"One thing that remains is our language. But amazingly complex behaviours — culture, tool use, social interaction — we see all of this in the animal kingdom." ([http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9417000/9417308.stm BBC]) | ||
*“Both types of fish, grouper and coral trout, are known for hunting cooperatively with other kinds of animals. Whereas the [https://www.livescience.com/9415-amazing-species-cooperate-hunt.html grouper hunts with giant moray eels] and a fish called the Napoleon wrasse, coral trout partner up with octopuses to snag prey. A study published last week in the journal Nature Communications found that the fish are able to "point" their heads toward prey, to help out their hunting buddies.” ([https://news.yahoo.com/fish-sign-language-help-hunting-buddies-152909150.html Yahoo! News]) | *“Both types of fish, grouper and coral trout, are known for hunting cooperatively with other kinds of animals. Whereas the [https://www.livescience.com/9415-amazing-species-cooperate-hunt.html grouper hunts with giant moray eels] and a fish called the Napoleon wrasse, coral trout partner up with octopuses to snag prey. A study published last week in the journal Nature Communications found that the fish are able to "point" their heads toward prey, to help out their hunting buddies.” ([https://news.yahoo.com/fish-sign-language-help-hunting-buddies-152909150.html Yahoo! News]) | ||
*What if language was granted by some means? How would it add to their capacity for complex behavior or cooperative learning? Some animals already pass tool use on to subsequent generations; see the "sponge dolphins" and [http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9125000/9125227.stm New Caledonian crows]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8388000/8388073.stm Brown-necked ravens] who are not even part of a social group can spontaneously hunt a lizard using self-assigned roles. Individual New Caledonian crows and rooks can [https://archive.md/eiaD solve puzzles] involving multiple steps or water displacement. Of course, animals can also be raised together and think of themselves as the same kind — see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQRWZJklIo tiger + dog], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnZSTkycovg dog + deer], and [https://archive.md/tzCX hippo + tortoise]. Also see a [http://www.earthlings.org/kin/kinship.html crow raising a cat] and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dug70HBEgaM hawk feeding a dog]. ([https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animal-odd-couples-meet-the-odd-couples/8025/ PBS | *What if language was granted by some means? How would it add to their capacity for complex behavior or cooperative learning? Some animals already pass tool use on to subsequent generations; see the "sponge dolphins" and [http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9125000/9125227.stm New Caledonian crows]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8388000/8388073.stm Brown-necked ravens] who are not even part of a social group can spontaneously hunt a lizard using self-assigned roles. Individual New Caledonian crows and rooks can [https://archive.md/eiaD solve puzzles] involving multiple steps or water displacement. Of course, animals can also be raised together and think of themselves as the same kind — see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQRWZJklIo tiger + dog], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnZSTkycovg dog + deer], and [https://archive.md/tzCX hippo + tortoise]. Also see a [http://www.earthlings.org/kin/kinship.html crow raising a cat] and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dug70HBEgaM hawk feeding a dog]. ([https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/animal-odd-couples-meet-the-odd-couples/8025/ PBS, "Animal Odd Couples"]) | ||
*Can animals commit suicide? See [https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=m7caAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=576,1832140&dq=animal-suicide&hl=en this vague account] (bottom, center column) of a bear that did himself in; here's a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130817103106/https://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1973486,00.html fuller treatment] from Time. More accounts [https://web.archive.org/web/20210816234448/https://www.treehugger.com/are-bears-purposely-committing-suicide-to-protest-the-horror-of-bile-f-4861430 here] and [http://wherethebearwalks.blogspot.com/2010/04/bear-intelligence.html here]. | *Can animals commit suicide? See [https://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=m7caAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=576,1832140&dq=animal-suicide&hl=en this vague account] (bottom, center column) of a bear that did himself in; here's a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130817103106/https://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1973486,00.html fuller treatment] from Time. More accounts [https://web.archive.org/web/20210816234448/https://www.treehugger.com/are-bears-purposely-committing-suicide-to-protest-the-horror-of-bile-f-4861430 here] and [http://wherethebearwalks.blogspot.com/2010/04/bear-intelligence.html here]. | ||